The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-13

the IN INDUSTRIES ny MIN mum
roe. There is only space in this issue for
a brief notice of the manufacturers with
out the embellishments. and the general
descriptive features with which the article
abounds. The tone Of the sketch IS
highlv favorable, and speaks OF Rich
mond as the leader Of the new industrial
South. as she was twenty-five years
aco in the Confederate South.
The leading industry Of the city now,
as before the war, is the manufacture OF
tobacco. Of which $10,000,000 worth is
annually sent out from its factories. The
capacity of some Of these factories is en-
ormous. That Of p. II. Mayo & Brother
turns out between four and five millions
of pounds of plug tobacco, most OF 1t
Navy" annually; the Old Dominion
pl~ug-tobacco works have a yearly capac-
ity of three millions of pounds and the
Banner Tobacco Works manufacture hf-
teen thousand pounds of plug and twist
daily. Pilkinton e. Co. produce a mil
lion and a half pounds Of smoking to-
bacco annually; and a dozen other facto-
ries turn out an annual product of over a
hundred thousand pounds each.
ALLEN & GINTER.
From a tobacco factory to a cigarette
factory the transition is easy, and the
visitor has but TO step acrosst The streetfrOm
the Mayo building to Allen d Ginter's I'M
mense establishment, in which nine hun
dred white girls and a hundred men and
BOYS make nearly two millions OF cigar
cites on every w%orking-day during the
wear. This factory is also characterized
by the extremes Of neatness and system,
and over the moral as well as the physi-
cal health of their operatives the proprie-
tors exercise q careful supervision.
Among the several beneficent schemes
for their mental improvement is a
large library filed with the best
standard literature, from which every
employee is entitled to take, and keep Tor
two weeks at a time, such books as she
chooses. 1t is a curious and interesting
fact that Richmond-made cigarettes, hav-
ing found their way to every nation OF
the earth using these tiny rolls OF paper
and tobacco, have finally been accepted
as the best by the Sultan of Turkey, who
is the generally acknowledged %connois-
seur in such matters, and who sends over
large orders for them.
The immense establishment Of the Kin
ney Tobacco Company is also located IN
Richmond, and gives employment to
fourteen hundred operatives, most OF
whom are women.
THE TREDEGAR WORKS.
Second only to the tobacco industry in
importance are the iron interests OF Rich
mond, which, besides being extremely
valuable from a pecuniary point of view,
occupy a historic position, and exercise
a powerful influence throughout the
South. SO long as the Southern Con.
federacy remains a memory, the name OF
the Tredegar Iron-Works will be in
separably connected with it. Covering
an area Of sixteen acres, and giving m
plovment to twelve hundred men, these
works are among the largest of the kind
in the country, and their payroll ire
q~uently amounts to $4,000 per month.
At the outbreak Of the civil war this
company again turned its attention to the
casting of cannon and the manufacture
of other munitions of war, and for four
wears it was the sole producer OF these
supplies in the Southern States, and was
thus the backbone of the C~OnfederacY.
Now, with their old-time force r%edoubied
in the service of peace, these great works
are fastening the industrial development
of the South 10y furnishing it with rail
way iron, spikes, hsh-bars, car-wheels,
and cars.
THE L DOMINION NAIL WORKS.
Across the river from the Tredegar
Mills, on Belle Isle, notorious during the
war as a prison for Federal soldiers, are
the Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works,
which are turning out twenty-five thous-
sand tons Of nails every year. Here IS
being erected the first Bessemer steel
plant Of the South, which goes into
operation during the present month.
Although its products Will be largely
used in making nails, it will also furnish
all kinds of bridge work, machine
steel, wire rods, and bar steel. About
700 workmen are here employed, and
here too the James furnishes the power
that drives the ponderous machinery.
Although it is generally supposed that
most of the flour exported from this
country is made in tie West, the oldest
and one of the largest mills for the manu-
facture of export flour is located in Rich
mond, and It's machinery is driven by the
James. Founded in 1925, the Haxall
FIGURING Mills and "Haxalr" flour are
now known all over the civilized world,
and their reputation is as untarnished
to-day as at any time during the past
seventy years.
THE RANDOLPH PAPER-B0X COMPANY.
Another industry of which Richmond
is Justly proud, and which has advanced
toward success with giant strides, is the
Randolph Paper-Box Factory, estab-
lished in 1877, with seven hands, by a
young man who knew absolutely nothing
about the manufacture of paper boxes,
but fancied that it was a business that
he would like. He had only afew hundred
dollars capital, but was possessed OF an
immense stock Of energy, industry, and
perseverance. AS q result, lie is to-day
the largest maker of paper boxes for drug
gists' use in the United States, If not IN
the world. lie employs a working force
of three hundred girls and siXty-hye men
and boys, for whom he has provided a
fine free library, and his factory turns
out l25, 900 boxes every day, and often
$4,000 or 10000 more. The demand foI
his work is ALWAYS in excess of tie sup